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Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Clayton Killebrew (Killer)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 213 lb.

MLB Debut June 23, 1954
Final Game September 26, 1975
Born June 29, 1936 in Payette, ID
Died May 17, 2011 (age 74)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 18 CHA AL    9    7    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .429  .600  .571 1.171   165     4   0   0   0   0   0  
 1955 19 WAA AL   31   90   12   21   3   0   7    9   0   0   15   30  .233  .343  .500  .843   117    45   0   0   0   0   3  
 1956 20 WAA AL   50   54    5    8   1   0   2    8   0   0    7   24  .148  .246  .278  .524    71    15   0   0   0   0   0  
 1957 21 WAA AL   31   32    4    9   2   0   2    7   0   0    4   14  .281  .378  .531  .910   129    17   0   0   0   1   0  
 1958 22 WAA AL    7   18    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1   10  .222  .263  .278  .541    77     5   0   0   1   0   0  
 1959 23 WAA AL  154  570   92  139  20   3  51  119   1   1   83  109  .244  .347  .558  .905   123   318   0   4   4   9  12  MVP-3
 1960 24 WAA AL  139  457   76  129  15   3  32   95   3   0  104   95  .282  .413  .538  .951   129   246   0   3   9   0  12  MVP-7
 1961 25 MNA AL  154  538  113  162  33   6  52  130   0   0  121  105  .301  .427  .675 1.101   152   363   0   7  15   2   9  MVP-2
 1962 26 MNA AL  160  587   93  151  29   4  45  126   0   1  123  148  .257  .392  .550  .942   131   323   0   2   9   8   8  MVP-1
 1963 27 MNA AL  152  577   92  148  26   0  54  128   0   0   70  114  .256  .338  .582  .921   128   336   0   7   2   5  17  MVP-3
 1964 28 MNA AL  161  601  116  165  22   1  48  103   0   0  114  140  .275  .394  .554  .948   135   333   0   3   1   6  16  MVP-2
 1965 29 MNA AL  127  418   80  129  20   2  29   94   0   0   79   55  .309  .423  .574  .997   139   240   0   2   6   5  11  MVP-12
 1966 30 MNA AL  162  601  108  165  32   1  38  109   0   0  104  126  .275  .377  .521  .897   129   313   0  11   5   1  13  MVP-5
 1967 31 MNA AL  162  567  105  148  19   3  44  105   4   0  137  129  .261  .403  .538  .941   133   305   0   6   8   2  21  MVP-2
 1968 32 MNA AL  122  328   46   66   9   3  18   40   0   0   70   93  .201  .346  .412  .757   117   135   0   3   1   4   5  
 1969 33 MNA AL  162  583  123  166  33   3  46  139   7   3  123   74  .285  .406  .588  .994   138   343   0  11  10   3  17  MVP-1
 1970 34 MNA AL  160  568  107  168  27   0  53  148   0   0  136   98  .296  .434  .623 1.057   148   354   0   3  12   5  14  MVP-2
 1971 35 MNA AL   84  301   30   45   5   1   7   29   0   0   46   75  .150  .261  .243  .503    72    73   0   2   0   0  13  
         NYN NL   65  199   38   47   5   0  11   31   0   0   47   50  .236  .382  .427  .809   115    85   0   0   1   0   8  
         TOT     149  500   68   92  10   1  18   60   0   0   93  125  .184  .311  .316  .627         158   0   2   1   0  21 
 1972 36 NYN NL  151  470   68  101  14   3  29   86   0   0   91  117  .215  .345  .443  .788   120   208   0   1   1   3  17  
 1973 37 NYN NL   78  133   17   40   4   1   3   15   0   0   16   31  .301  .380  .414  .794   111    55   0   0   0   1   6  
 1974 38 NYN NL   74  157   14   33   1   0   7   19   0   0   15   31  .210  .279  .350  .629    91    55   0   0   0   0   6  
 1975 39 TEA AL   37   92    8   14   4   0   3   13   0   0   12   17  .152  .248  .293  .541    74    27   0   1   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 22 Seasons     2432 7948 1348 2061 326  34 581 1554  15   5 1521 1685  .259  .379  .528  .907        4198   0  66  85  55 208
 Per 600 PA           497   84  129  20   2  36   97   1   0   95  105                                 263   0   4   5   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MNA     2018 6890 1203 1823 297  30 528 1389  15   5 1337 1439  .265  .385  .546  .931        3764   0  64  83  51 171
   With NYN      368  959  137  221  24   4  50  151   0   0  169  229  .230  .348  .420  .768         403   0   1   2   4  37
   With TEA       37   92    8   14   4   0   3   13   0   0   12   17  .152  .248  .293  .541          27   0   1   0   0   0
   With CHA        9    7    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .429  .600  .571 1.171           4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2435 8147 1283 2086 290  24 573 1584  19  18 1559 1699  .256  .376  .509  .884        4143   0  77 160  48 243
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1954 18 CHA AL  40    2  19.4   6   3   0  .500   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  2B   4e54      387   
 1955 19 WAA AL  90   15   5.8   5   0   0  .000   4    9    5  .556    0    0  .000  3B   4e34      199   
 1956 20 WAA AL  80    4   2.4  32   5   2  .156   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  UT            -161   
 1957 21 WAA AL  19    6   8.1  26   9   2  .346   0    2    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH              28   
 1958 22 WAA AL  68    1   2.5   0   0   0  .000   1    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  3B   4e24      135   
 1959 23 WAA AL  21  112   6.8   0   0   0  .000  27   67   30  .448    0    0  .000  3B   4e32       34   
 1960 24 WAA AL  31  107   8.4   9   5   0  .556  19   59   30  .508    0    0  .000  3B   4e29       42   
 1961 25 MNA AL  28  163  11.2   2   1   0  .500  35   74   23  .311    0    0  .000  3B   4e37       90   
 1962 26 MNA AL  22  134   8.1   0   0   0  .000  23   55   16  .291    0    0  .000  1B   4e30       30   
 1963 27 MNA AL  27  112   6.7   2   1   0  .500   2   49    3  .061    0    0  .000  OF   5(+1)e4    16   
 1964 28 MNA AL  31  135   8.1   0   0   0  .000   6   55   22  .400    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e7    23   
 1965 29 MNA AL  41  104   9.4  14   5   1  .357   9   45   21  .467    0    0  .000  UT             111   
 1966 30 MNA AL  30  123   7.3   0   0   0  .000  26   82   40  .488    0    0  .000  3B   4e24      -32   
 1967 31 MNA AL  33  128   7.8   0   0   0  .000  16   59   28  .475    0    0  .000  1B   4e11      -24   
 1968 32 MNA AL  25   51   5.2  16   3   1  .188   1   29   20  .690    0    0  .000  1B   4e10      -24   
 1969 33 MNA AL  29  144   8.7   0   0   0  .000  17   80   45  .562    0    0  .000  3B   4e35      -17   
 1970 34 MNA AL  31  161  10.4   1   0   0  .000  15   64   35  .547    0    0  .000  3B   4e24      100   
 1971 35 MNA AL  34   19   1.9   2   0   0  .000  13   38   23  .605    0    0  .000  1B   4e5      -347   
         NYN NL  36   33   5.7   7   3   1  .429   8   28   14  .500    0    0  .000  3B   4e35      -41   
         TOT                     9   3   1  .333  21   66   37  .561    0    0  .000
 1972 36 NYN NL  27   73   5.1   7   0   0  .000   7   47   27  .574    0    0  .000  1B   4e12      -29   
 1973 37 NYN NL  62   20   5.5  32   7   0  .219   1   15   10  .667    0    0  .000  1B   4e4        95   
 1974 38 NYN NL  77   14   3.0  35   8   2  .229   4   13    6  .462    0    0  .000  1B   4e11      -42   
 1975 39 TEA AL  88    7   2.6  11   2   0  .182   3    6    2  .333    0    0  .000  1B   4e11     -151   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 22 Seasons         1679   7.4 207  52   9  .251 237  880  403  .458    0    0  .000                   8  10
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 55.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 216.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1954 18 CHA AL  2B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1955 19 WAA AL  3B    28    22    50    4    2   .947    26   208.1   3.11
                 2B     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.2   6.75
 1956 20 WAA AL  3B     6     2     8    0    1  1.000     3    27.0   3.33
                 2B     9    11     6    0    2  1.000     1    21.1   7.17
 1957 21 WAA AL  3B     6     5     6    0    2  1.000     0    17.0   5.82
                 2B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1958 22 WAA AL  3B     7     9    13    1    0   .957     6    42.0   4.71
 1959 23 WAA AL  3B   154   156   321   27   29   .946   154  1366.0   3.14
 1960 24 WAA AL  3B   127    88   290   19   24   .952   125  1088.1   3.13
 1961 25 MNA AL  3B   147   107   276   34   26   .918   146  1268.0   2.72
                 1B     7    53     8    1    6   .984     6    57.0   9.63
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1962 26 MNA AL  1B   117  1007    76   22  104   .980   117  1042.0   9.35
                 LF    44    76     8    1    1   .988    43   386.0   1.96
 1963 27 MNA AL  LF   150   226     8    2    0   .992   150  1322.0   1.59
 1964 28 MNA AL  LF   161   299     7    6    0   .981   161  1435.0   1.92
 1965 29 MNA AL  LF    62   117     3    2    0   .984    58   522.0   2.07
                 3B    51    25    96    7    8   .945    47   414.2   2.63
                 1B     8    39     4    0    3  1.000     3    40.1   9.60
 1966 30 MNA AL  3B    92    63   198   18    9   .935    91   800.1   2.94
                 1B    57   492    43    7   34   .987    50   460.0  10.47
                 LF    23    44     0    1    0   .978    21   193.0   2.05
 1967 31 MNA AL  1B   155  1264   134   16  106   .989   153  1343.1   9.37
                 3B    15     8    23    0    1  1.000     9    88.0   3.17
 1968 32 MNA AL  1B   105   803    74    1   77   .999   104   904.0   8.73
                 3B     2     0     5    0    1  1.000     1    10.0   4.50
 1969 33 MNA AL  3B   114    97   161   15   22   .945   105   940.1   2.47
                 1B    63   503    39    2   41   .996    57   505.2   9.65
 1970 34 MNA AL  3B   158   117   244   15    7   .960   157  1436.0   2.26
                 1B     3    14     1    0    1  1.000     2    17.1   7.79
 1971 35 TOT     3B    81    66   133   19   15   .913    74   650.0   2.76
         MNA AL  1B    42   345    21    1   34   .997    42   366.1   8.99
         NYN NL  1B    22   176    12    1   27   .995    22   170.2   9.91
 1972 36 NYN NL  1B   148  1176    86    7  125   .994   142  1187.1   9.57
 1973 37 NYN NL  1B    46   265    32    1   30   .997    25   256.2  10.41
 1974 38 NYN NL  1B    34   280    18    4   27   .987    32   275.0   9.75
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1975 39 TEA AL  1B    14    84    10    3   10   .969    12    99.0   8.55
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   989   765  1824  159  147   .942   944  8357.0   2.79
                 1B   821  6501   558   66  625   .991   767  6724.2   9.45
                 LF   441   762    26   12    1   .985   433  3859.0   1.84
                 2B    15    15     6    0    2  1.000     1    31.0   6.10
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1969 ALCS  MNA BAA   L    5  17  4  4  0  0  3   4  4  3  .235  .381  .765  0
 1970 ALCS  MNA NYA   W    3  10  1  1  0  0  0   2  4  3  .100  .357  .100  0
      WS    MNA SFN   W    4  16  3  4  1  0  0   2  2  1  .250  .333  .312  0
 1971 NLCS  NYN LAN   L    2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .143  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1954  CHA   93-61   Robert Rescigno
 1955  WAA   66-88   Larry Cupp
 1956  WAA   48-106  Larry Cupp
 1957  WAA   55-99   Larry Cupp
 1958  WAA   42-112  Larry Cupp
 1959  WAA   57-97   Rick Field
 1960  WAA   83-71   Rick Field
 1961  MNA   69-85   Larry Cupp, Rick Field
 1962  MNA   61-101  Dan Gural, Tom Austad
 1963  MNA   81-81   Dan Gural
 1964  MNA   78-84   Kevin Batson, Alan Boodman
 1965  MNA   95-68   Kevin Batson
 1966  MNA   88-74   Jason Hartnell
 1967  MNA   78-84   Rick Ramacier
 1968  MNA   76-86   Tim Hagen, Frank Pennylegion
 1969  MNA  113-49   Rick Ramacier
 1970  MNA   92-70   Rick Ramacier
 1971  MNA   77-85   Rick Ramacier
 1971  NYN  104-58   Ray Cappocchi
 1972  NYN   80-82   Ray Cappocchi
 1973  NYN   79-83   Ray Cappocchi
 1974  NYN   61-101  Chris Colucci, Jon Fellows
 1975  TEA   88-74   Larry Cupp

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